Embry-Riddle and Arizona Christian went back and forth at Eagle Baseball Field on Wednesday afternoon with the Firestorm taking the game from the Eagles 12-11. 

After going down 4-0 in the top of the first inning, ERAU answered with one run in the bottom of the 1^st.  Travis Strickler (Glendale, Ariz.) led off with a double and came around to score on a double by Javier Izaguirre Jr. (Riverside, Calif.). 

In the 2^nd inning, ACU scored three more runs to take a 7-1 lead.

Embry-Riddle was able to plate three runs in the 4^th inning to get back into the game.  Drew Barragan (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) led off the inning with a walk.  The next batter Roberto Garza-Nunez (Salinas, Calif.) hit a homerun to make the score 7-3.  With one out, Kevin Fedoruk (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) hit a solo homerun and after four innings of play the score was 7-4 Firestorm. 

The Eagles took the lead in the bottom of the 5^th inning.  Miles Murphy (Goodyear, Ariz.) started the inning with a double.  Strickler then singled and a double by Barragan brought home Murphy.  With runners at 1^st and 3^rd, a double by Garza-Nunez scored both Strickler and Barragan to tie up the game 7-7.  ERAU took an 8-7 lead on a single by Fedoruk. 

The lead didn't last long as Arizona Christian plated two runs in the top of the 6^th to go up 9-8. 

Embry-Riddle tied the game back up in the bottom of the 6^th, but ACU took the lead for good with four runs in the top of the 7^th as the Firestorm won the game 12-11. 

ERAU will play again on May 1^st in the Cal Pac Conference Tournament in Mesa.  The Eagles will be the #2 seed and will take on the #3 seed Redhawks of Simpson University.